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Article: Arts Centre needs $9m in seismic strengthening work
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- The Press
- Article date:
- February 11, 2003
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Seismic strengthening work needs to be done on Christchurch's Arts
Centre or its historic buildings could be lost in a major earthquake.
The Arts Centre, on Worcester Boulevard, forms the heart of
Christchurch's cultural precinct and is one of New Zealand's most
visited attractions.
Its historic buildings, though, are showing the signs of their age
and need between $8 million and $9m spent on them to bring them up to
Building Code standards.
The Arts Centre Trust hopes Christchurch's ratepayers will pick up
at least some of that bill.
Arts Centre Trust director Tony Paine said the income from rentals
and other business activities at the Arts Centre covered day-to-day
operating costs but ...